Targeted tick

This post will cover yesterday which was a day when I did not see Hawk Owl and even though I did see Pine Grosbeak I contained myself and didn’t take any pictures. Going cold turkey was easier than I imagined 😅.

 I did however add another species to #Oslo2024 taking me to 207(205). It was a targeted trip to Huk that resulted in Long-tailed Duck with a few recent sightings on the fjord making me feel I had a good chance of seeing one. I did in fact see 4 with a distant flock flying past which I believe were in Oslo air space. Also here were 2 Rock Pipits which showed surprisingly well for this species.

In Maridalen even though the Hawk Owl evaded me I did see a Pygmy Owl which amazingly enough is rarer this autumn.

Rock Pipits (skjærpiplerke) Huk, Bygdøy

an all too fleeting sighting of a Pygmy Owl (spurveugle)

1 of 2 Mistle Thrushes (duetrost)

an absolute beast of a Goshawk (hønsehauk)